Detroit Tigers vs Washington Senators
May 14, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1971 at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium. The Washington Senators defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 2, Washington Senators 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 2b 5 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Northrup cf 4 0 1 0
Kaline rf 4 0 1 0
Cash 1b 4 1 2 0
Horton lf 3 1 0 0
Price c 3 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 3 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 1 0
  Gutierrez ss 0 0 0 0
Zepp p 1 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 1 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Brown G. ph 0 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
  Brown I. ph 1 0 1 2
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Kilkenny p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 3 1 2 0
French c 4 0 0 0
  Casanova ph 0 0 0 1
McCraw rf 3 0 1 1
  Maddox ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Howard lf,1b 4 1 2 1
Mincher 1b 3 0 3 0
  Billings pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Foy 3b 4 0 0 0
Cullen 2b 4 0 0 0
Harrah ss 3 1 3 0
McLain p 3 0 0 0
  Scheinblum ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 11 3
Detroit 000 000 002280
Washington 010 010 0013111
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Zepp   5.0 7 2 2 2 3
  Scherman   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Timmermann   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Patterson  L (0-1) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Kilkenny   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.2
11
3
3
3
5
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
McLain  W (4-5) 9.0 8 2 1 3 7
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
3
7

  E–Unser (3).  DP–Detroit 2, Washington 2.  2B–Detroit Northrup (9,off McLain); McAuliffe (5,off McLain); Cash (3,off McLain), Washington McCraw (3,off Zepp); Howard (5,off Zepp); Mincher (8,off Timmermann); Harrah (4,off Patterson).  3B–Washington Unser (3,off Zepp).  HR–Washington Howard (4,2nd inning off Zepp 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Rodriguez (3,by McLain); Unser (1,by Zepp).  SF–Casanova (1,off Kilkenny).  IBB–Mincher (4,by Zepp); Unser (2,by Patterson).  CS–Kaline (3,2nd base by McLain/French); Harrah (1,2nd base by Scherman/Price).  HBP–Zepp (2,Unser); McLain (1,Rodriguez).  IBB–Zepp (3,Mincher); Patterson (1,Unser).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:29.  A–18,694.
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